PREN 16907-1 : DRAFT 2016

European foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principles of earthworks design and execution
5 Specific site and material investigations
6 Design of earthworks for embankments
7 Design of earthworks for cuttings
8 Design of earthworks formed by dredging
   and hydraulic placement of fills
9 Design of earthworks for hydraulic
   placement of mineral wastes
10 Drainage
11 Optimization of earthworks project design
12 Specifications for earthworks
13 Execution of earthworks
14 Monitoring earthworks and checking
   earth-structures performance
15 Use of national experience and non-conflicting rules
Annex A (informative) - Example of procedure for
        the validation of the compaction process
        for a given fill material Organization
        and execution of trial sections
Annex B (informative) - Geometry definitions for
        earthworks and earth-structures
Annex C (informative) - Summary of national
        practice - France
Annex D (informative) - Summary of national
        practice - Germany
Annex E (informative) - Summary of national
        practice - Norway
Annex F (informative) - Summary of national
        practice - Spain
Annex G (informative) - Summary of national
        practice - Sweden
Annex H (informative) - Summary of national
        practice - United Kingdom

Covers definitions, principles and general rules for the planning, design and specification of earthworks.